Students and faculty participate in research conference

Multiple members of the Hope College campus community involved in student-faculty collaborative research will be participating in the Seventh annual West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science Conference, Nov. 16.

By Staff Reports

Holland Sentinel

By Staff Reports

Posted Nov. 12, 2013 at 12:24 PM

By Staff Reports

Posted Nov. 12, 2013 at 12:24 PM

Holland, Mich.

Multiple members of the Hope College campus community involved in student-faculty collaborative research will be participating in the Seventh annual West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science Conference, Nov. 16.

The event features research poster presentations by the attending undergraduates as well as short research talks by faculty scientists, with a keynote address by Dr. Scott Barolo of the University of Michigan Medical School. The 30 Hope students who are attending represent a variety of fields of study, including biochemistry, biology, biomedical engineering, cell and molecular biology, chemistry, computer science, microbiology and physics.

Dr. Virginia McDonough, associate professor of biology and chairperson of the department, will be among the event’s faculty presenters, discussing “How do cells know what they eat? Molecular recognition of dietary lipids by cells.”